The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-12-08
Alden Manifold Cyclopedia of Know
edge and Language.

One of the most extraordinary literary
enterprises OF the age is the work which
bears the above title.
The specimen pages which the Publisher
sends free to amy applicant, show the type
which is uSed-a good clear-faced BREWER
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easy for the eye, handy to hold. The
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be announcement; when you consult Cyclic
pedia You are supposed to know what
little" you are looking for; the lettering
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There will be several thousand illustra
ti0ns-nO mere pictures" but everything
of Importance that will serve to illustrate
The Manifold CycIopedM is to he much
more than Encyclopaedia of Universe
knowledge ;" it will embody also Die.
tiOnary of the English Language lud.
place in the language. How often you
have cosulted Appleton's or Chamberss,
or JOhnsOn's Cyclopedia and failed to find
the title you were looking fOr-then con-
suited Webster's Unabridged and were
successful the word belonged to the Die
tllun W IllC tSlODtUId. vi
you have consulted Webster and found
little more than mere definition of the
wOrd-yOu must go to the Cyclopedia for
details of knowledge. Or, more proba-
bile than either of the foregoing suppose
tons, you do not own either a frst-class
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In the MANIFOLD Cyci0pcIin you will find a
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ted by the English Language-and its cost
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morocco.
In this age of the world, no general Cy.
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sense original each new compilation
if ii has merit, is based upon the knOwl
edge found embodied in all its prcdcccs-
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can not be monopo!ized by patent OF
copyright only the form of enbOdi-
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cOvcrieS Cor imaginings) of the archeol-
ogists, the latest theories of the politica
economiSts-all are subject to the "sight
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Manifold CyclopediG undertakes to combine
Ill the most convenient and concise (and
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the results of the scholarship of the world
up to the time of its publication. Avail.
ing itself most of the laborS of its predeceS-
sors who have accomplished the best re.
suits, the Manifold Cyctopedit. draws more
largely from Chambers's than from any
other Of the family of Cyclopedias, and
more largely from StormOnth than from
any other of the family of Dictionaries
the Cham .erS'S is an acknowledged model
for Cyclopedia but it is adapted par
ticularly to England rather than to Ameri-
ca StOrmonth is the acknowledge peer of
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Murray, as an authority, but without a
peer IN the combined qualities of cOncirsc-
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lowed, but effort is carefully made to
bring all matters to the generally accepted
standard OF the most eminent American,
rather than foreign, scholarship.
Editorial talent second to none in Ameri-
ca, in experience aad skill is engaged in the
conduct of the work the publishers past
experience i'll CyclopedIa making (notably
in The Library of Universal knowledge,
now known-trebled in price-as the In
ternational Cycl0pcdia) is good basis for
the pledge lie makes to his patrons that
the Manifold shall be inferior to no other
Cyclopedia in amy of the important quail
tiles of popular guide to knowledge
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JOHN Is. ALDEN, Publisher, 3y3 Pearl
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